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  Microserfs - A Novel

  Douglas Coupland

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  From the era-defining author of Generation X comes a novel of overworked coders who escape the serfdom of Bill Gates to forge their own path. 
   
  They are Microserfs—six code-crunching computer whizzes who spend upward of sixteen hours a day “coding” and eating “flat” foods (food which, like Kraft singles, can be passed underneath closed doors) as they fearfully scan company e-mail to learn whether the great Bill is going to “flame” one of them. But now there’s a chance to become innovators instead of cogs in the gargantuan Microsoft machine.  
   
  The intrepid Microserfs are striking out on their own—living together in a shared digital flophouse as they desperately try to cultivate well-rounded lives and find love amid the dislocated, subhuman whir and buzz of their computer-driven world.

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  America's Got Democracy! - The...

  Danny Katch

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  A humorous but passionate look at the criminal silliness of the US political system from the author who has “better comic bomb sights than John Stewart” (Mike Davis, author of The Monster at Our Door).   In this raucous, irreverent book, Danny Katch diagnoses the various mental disorders peculiar to those who have way too much money and power—and the politicians who work for them. He shows how the very elections that are supposed to be our way of bringing about change have become a tool to get us to accept the insane status quo.   “The funniest, smartest, and most dangerous political writer you never heard of is Danny Katch. You’ll laugh. You’ll get pissed off. You’ll disagree. And you’ll wonder how you read this terrific book in one sitting. A welcome antidote to what passes for political writing in an election year.” —Dave Zirin, author of Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down   “From Cocoa Puffs to melting ice caps, Danny Katch’s America’s Got Democracy gets to the heart of how and why our political establishment creates economic, social, and environmental crapification, and he does it with a flair even the most disaffected café barista with a PhD will love. But if you enjoy reading dry, abstract political works in which the words go clopping across the page on little wooden feet, don’t read Katch’s book.” —Sherry Wolf, author of Sexuality and Socialism   “Guess what? It’s even more boringer reading it than talking about it.” —Lila Katch, seven years old

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  Jared Pond's First Mission

  Martin Lundqvist

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  After winning a large sum at the casino, Jared Pond is approached, drugged, and robbed by a sexy Russian spy who steals his winnings.  
  Jared gets a chance to steal his money back when he is approached by Greg Steele from RAKI (Royal Australian Kangaroo Intelligence), who offers him employment as a secret agent. 
  Jared accepts the offer, and he pictures himself becoming the greatest agent Australia has ever seen. However, will Jared succeed with his mission, or will an embarrassing failure define his first mission as a RAKI agent?

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  Thalia Book Club: Tessa Hadley...

  Tessa Hadley

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  The acclaimed British novelist and short story master who "recruits admires with each book" (Hilary Mantel) discusses her latest novel with fellow author Colm Tóibín (House of Names). Ingeniously moving between past and present, Late in the Day exposes how infinite alternate configurations lie beneath the seemingly dependable arrangements we make for our lives. With a reading by Rita Wolf (An Ordinary Muslim).

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  Wish You Were Here

  Catherine Alliott

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  When Flora, James and their two teenage daughters are offered the holiday of a lifetime in a chateau in the South of France, in return for one simple good deed, they jump at the chance. But Flora didn't anticipate a mysterious guest and a whole heap of family baggage coming along too… Their dream holiday suddenly takes some very unexpected turns.

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  Diary of a Madman

  Nikolai Gogol

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  Diary of a Madmanby Nikolai GogolTranslated by Ethel VoynichNarrated by Denis DalyMany of Gogol's stories feature ineffectual individuals who are overwhelmed by the caprices of fate.  In Diary of a Madman, one of his most colourful tales, the narrator, a humble and obscure office worker, veers from mere eccentricity into full blown lunacy, and finds that the delusions fostered by madness are anything but comforting.

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